Thread: Strange Electrical Gremlin

Have you checked the wires from the fuse to the sockets? How about the earth connection to the sockets?

There's a chance the fuse is fine and either the wires have been clean cut/ a connector has come loose/poor earth.

I would be looking at the earth points , my front fog lights didn't work but the backs did , a new earth wire solved the problem .

there are others better than me at these cars but that was my experience.

Cheers Ean

I would be grateful for any constructive suggestions or advice.

Re : 0.6V at the fuses and bupkis at the sockets.

Yep, please explain bupkis?


Aaahh, Google is my friend. Ya learn something new every day, well you do if you are me.

Bupkis comes to us from the Slavic languages by way of Yiddish and literally means "beans", but not in an appetizing way. The beans referred to are actually small pellets of animal droppings, which is perhaps appropriate given the common usage of the word and its generally negative connotation. Gradually the literal meaning has left it and bupkis has evolved into slang meaning "nothing".

Originally Posted by gaznazdiak

I would be grateful for any constructive suggestions or advice.

1 x jerrycan of petrol
1 x match

I'll leave the rest to your imagination.

EDIT: Ohh.... CONstructive suggestions....

nah, don't have any of those :P

Have you checked the switches? It has a weird swithc on the steering column... one way turns on only the parkers, and the other way turn the headlights on. The indicator/light swithc is also a dodgy piece of ****. Infact if you buy a new one .... The quality is absolutely appalling. You will be lucky to get a few months out of it before it fails.

I would start with the switch!

seeya,
shane L.

Have a look at the Relays ..
The switch should turn on the relays and the relays supply the power to the actual lights.

Kiwirich

Thank guys for your replies.👍

Switch is a brand 3 position rocker, the genuine LR replacement was something silly like $145, so I got one from the local autosparky for $12.

As to the relays, that's a question on it's own.
I can't find out which is which, I only have a Haynes manual, which is a frustratingly incomplete waste of paper other than for torque settings etc.

As to earth, that is my main suspect as the parker bulbs have a history of going black. My problem there, something I am tackling today, is that the only wiring diagram I have is in the Haynes, and the wires disappear into the loom with what appears to be a common main earth somewhere else.

Rego is still 3 months away but in the interim I can't drive at night until I find the culprit.
The search continues.🙄

You absolutely need a copy of RAVE because the electricals in these cars is so out of whack You're bound to be confused - and even with the ETM, you'll still be scratching your head muttering obsceneties.